Or something like it? How about a Tesla Coil Generator shooting 100,000 volts of lightning at your foe?
(That's right, one hundred thousand volts!) Puts Tasers to shame... A bit clunky for now... but... who knows...

A Tesla coil might be a bit hard to aim, but if you are surrounded by zombies, no problem. While I do want something i can use to cut steel plates in the shop, the Klingon Disruptor is my weapon of choice. No pesky bodies laying around to be used in eveidence.

May 16th, 2012, 11:02 AM

msgt/ret

Going to be hard to find an IWB holster to fit it though.

May 16th, 2012, 11:07 AM

claude clay

great referance to steampunk.

the 'new' sci-fi.
actually is really, really going back to roots. but there is some good reading

and this tool most certainly belongs on the Jupiter 2 protecting little Will

May 16th, 2012, 11:11 AM

paaiyan

100,000 volts is really nothing. There are stun guns that pop over a million volts. What kills you is the amperage.

May 16th, 2012, 12:08 PM

CanuckQue

I'd consider springing for repulsor beam technology!

May 16th, 2012, 12:12 PM

MrBuckwheat

8" to 18" range? I guess you could beat somebody over the head with it.

May 16th, 2012, 01:41 PM

CanuckQue

Quote:

Originally Posted by paaiyan

100,000 volts is really nothing. There are stun guns that pop over a million volts. What kills you is the amperage.

Or shot placement!

[/end standard future 'amperage' debate]

May 16th, 2012, 02:03 PM

kb2wji

Quote:

Originally Posted by paaiyan

100,000 volts is really nothing. There are stun guns that pop over a million volts. What kills you is the amperage.

Exactly. Everyone is hung up on voltage. I can laugh off a 100,000v "stun gun", yet a 120v wall outlet can jack me up. All about the current.

I dont know about this type of gun, but hopefully in the future I can get my hands on some sort of phazer or photon blaster. Much easier to find batteries than ammo, especially during an election year :image035:

I know a guy who built one. The capacitor bank necessary was massive and the EMF pulse from firing it was dangerous to nearby electronics. But it could put a half inch ball-bearing through a foot or so of concrete.

May 16th, 2012, 03:49 PM

noway2

That's really cool. I may be under thinking it, but it might not be all that difficult, being pretty much a solenoid. You could probably use a small magnet to hold the bearing, at the base of a chamber and release it just before discharging into the primary coil, which would sit before a rifled barrel.

The magnetic strength, being proportional to the current, you could develop a bazillion Tesla, briefly - which is all you need, by dumping the DC capacitor into a low resistance, high reactance coil. The ball would then accelerate rapidly down the barrel. BANG! For sure! Heavy, but quiet, and effective and could be made without moving parts (sans the bullet).

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May 16th, 2012, 03:56 PM

shooterX

Hey we now have handheld "communicators" like Enterprise crew used, phasers may not be that far in the future.

May 16th, 2012, 04:04 PM

MrBuckwheat

The gubermint will create a new permit system and fees for phasers unless there is a treaty related issue with the UN.